The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Most things that I write are in very specific forms. A score will have a shape and profile, and then the more… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I love 'The Gospel Truth,' the song that opened up 'Hercules.' I thought that song was a lot of fun, and I… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Movies, there are moments when you're writing a song or demoing, a moment in the recording studio. Musicals much more just eat… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
If you're writing for yourself as an artist, you are always pulling on your own experiences. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I was always a composer since I was a kid, but the BMI Workshop is where the networking really all stems from.… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Whatever I gain from writing lyrics, I feel I lose a little bit for the musical aspect by having that lyrical burden… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
It's writing songs within the structure of telling a story, so it becomes a platform for diverse songwriting, for a writing process… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Every time I play 'Part of Your World,' a whole part of my life comes back to me. It's just inescapable - it was… — Alan Menken Copy Share
My first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles. — Alan Menken Copy Share
Part of the job is knowing how to use this medium in the most effective way for the story you're telling, so for me,… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my gut when… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to 'The Little Mermaid' after all of these years is the simplicity and… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I have an awards cabinet in my studio where I keep my eight Oscars, my 11 Grammys, my seven Golden Globes, and my Tony Award. — Alan Menken Copy Share
My favorite thing is a brand-new project from scratch because you really never know how they're going to come to life. Going back for… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Truth be told, of course, what I enjoy most is reinventing myself and doing new projects where I work in new genres, or I… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I love 'The Gospel Truth,' the song that opened up 'Hercules.' I thought that song was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I have the ability to clear the decks and focus on what's happening in the moment. And I get to spend my life doing… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Movies, there are moments when you're writing a song or demoing, a moment in the recording studio. Musicals much more just eat up your… — Alan Menken Copy Share
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